Valuing Play

Question 1

Importance of Play

Answer 1

Play is universal and connects with learning

Question 2

Skills Learned when Children Play
(SS. CU. PB. LLS. CS. MS. RE)

Answer 2

• Social skills
• Cultural understanding
• Prosocial behaviors
• Language/literacy skills
• Cognitive skills
• Motor skills
• Regulate emotions

Question 3

Play (Definition)

Answer 3

Children engaging in an activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than for a practical purpose
- Play helps children build and extend their knowledge by interacting with their environment, others, and on their own

Question 4

6 Factors in the Disposition of Play
(P. V/FC. NL/S. AE. FoER. FoMrtR)

Answer 4

Play is :
- Pleasurable
- Voluntary or freely chosen
- Nonliteral or symbolic
- Requires active engagement
- Free of external rules
- Focused on means rather than results or outcomes